Death happens. Why not make it interesting?
The online competition to guess which famous people won't make it to the end of the current year. If they're elderly, ill, or just live a high-risk lifestyle, stick 'em in your team, and for each one whose death you correctly predict, you'll score points. DDP was dreamt up in Derby, England (hence the name...) by Big Iain back in 1996. Other hosts: Siegfried Baboon and Rude Kid (2003-7), Octopus of Odstock (2008-9), The Man in Black (2010-17), Spade Cooley (2018-19), msc (2020-21), Grim Up North (2020-22), and Reptile (2020-23). Now the Committee of DI (2022), time (2024), and Banana (2023) oversee the biggest deadpool going...
THEY’RE CHASEN ANGELS INSTEAD Soap actress Heather Chasen has died aged 92. She was best known for her role of Valerie (not Su’s mum) Pollard in Crossroads, but also had recurring roles in Eastenders and The Navy Lark. Openly bisexual, she had a child with John Webster (the briefly an actor in If… Rupert Webster) […]
REAPERS GRAND SLAM Tennis player Ashley Cooper has died aged 83. A former World Number One, Cooper won four Grand Slam titles in the 1950s, second in number only to Marion Trabert in that decade. In 1958, Ashley Cooper won The Australian Open, The US Open and Wimbledon. His Grand Slam bid was only ended […]
INTER ANOTHER HIT Football manager Luigi Simoni has died a year after falling into a coma after a serious stroke. Simoni managed many of the second tier teams in Italy, including Genoa, Lazio and Napoli. However he was best known for his time at Inter, where with a young Ronaldo firing on all cylinders, Simoni […]
SHURE THING Medal of Honor winner Ronald J Shurer has died after a long battle with cancer. He won the award for his actions as a medical officer in Afghanistan in 2008, when he fought off several insurgents to provide medical aid to wounded soldiers during a battle. In recent years he had been suffering […]
JERRY EVEN STILLER Comic actor Jerry Stiller, father of Ben, has died aged 92. Stiller formed one half of the 1960s comedy duo Stiller and Meara with the late Anne Meara, his wife for 60 years. He also appeared in films such as The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (the original, not the shit […]
READY TEDDY DEAD A man who needs no introduction, Little Richard, has sung his last verse at the age of 87. Well, he needs no introduction but we’ll try and give him a fair shake anyway. As a rock and roll innovator in the 1950s, Little Richard was the guy who came along to inspire […]
FEWER GOOD MEN Battle of Britain pilot Flight Lt. William Clark has died shortly after his 101st birthday. Clark flew several defensive raids during the famous air battle, and was awarded Distinguished Flying Order in 1941. His death leaves John Hemingway as the last living Battle of Britain pilot. Clark was picked by two teams […]
SAM IS SCRUBBED Actor Sam Lloyd has died of cancer aged 56. Sam Lloyd appeared in Seinfeld, 3rd Rock from the Sun, NYPD Blue and Malcolm in the Middle. However, it was his recurring role as lawyer Ted Buckland in 95 episodes of popular sitcom Scrubs for which he became a recognisable face all over […]
FADE TO BLACK(MORE) Welsh rugby player Steve Blackmore has died aged 58. He played for Cardiff RFC in the 1980s, and made an international debut during the 1987 Rugby Five Nations. This debut impressed enough for him to receive a call up to the first ever Rugby World Cup, where he played in the semifinals […]
WE SHULA KNOWN BETTER Don Shula, NFL coach, has died aged 90. He was the “winningest” coach in NFL history. Yes, I know. I know. I dislike the term too. But that’s what Americans call it. He was in charge of the Miami Dolphins for two Superbowl wins, including a perfect season, where they won […]
